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Fred Duprez
Fred Duprez (September 6, 1884 – October 27, 1938) was an American actor, comedian and singer who performed in vaudeville, phonograph record and film. He made phonograph recordings in the US and the UK in the 1900s, 1910s, and 1920s. Most of the films he appeared in were British. He was also a writer, and wrote the popular stage farce ''My Wife's Family (play), My Wife's Family'', filmed three times in Britain, firstly in The Wife's Family, 1931; once in Sweden in 1932; and once in Finland, in Voi meitä! Anoppi tulee, 1933. Fred Duprez was born in Detroit, Michigan. He died from a heart attack on board a ship en route to England. He was the father of the actress, June Duprez. Partial filmography * ''Heads We Go'' (1933) - George Anderson * ''Meet My Sister'' (1933) - Hiram Sowerby * ''My Old Duchess'' (1934) - Jesse Martin * ''Without You (film), Without You'' (1934) - Baron Gustav von Steinmeyer * ''Love, Life and Laughter (1934 film), Love, Life and Laughter'' (1934) - Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
V & A Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The V&A is located in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, in an area known as "Albertopolis" because of its association with Prince Albert, the Albert Memorial and the major cultural institutions with which he was associated. These include the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum, the Royal Albert Hall and Imperial College London. The museum is a non-departmental public body sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. As with other national British museums, entrance is free. The V&A covers and 145 galleries. Its collection spans 5,000 years of art, from ancient times to the present day, from the cultures of Europe, North America, Asia and North Africa. How ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Monkey Business
''No Monkey Business'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Gene Gerrard, June Clyde and Renée Houston. Synopsis After a music hall performer has his performing partner, an ape, confiscated by his financial creditors he persuades his assistant to dress up and impersonate the animal so that he can continue his act. However a series of embarrassments arise when they are invited to stay at a country house by a young woman who wishes to demonstrate to her father her theory that apes are as intelligent as people. Production The film was made by the independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independ ... company Radius Productions at the British and Dominion Studios at Elstree. Cast References Bibliography * Sutton, David R. ''A chorus of r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O-Kay For Sound
''O-Kay for Sound'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring the Crazy Gang troupe of comedians. After falling on hard times the members of the Crazy Gang are busking on the streets of London. However, they are hired as extras on a film set. After arriving at the studios they are mistaken for a group of potential investors and given free run of the studios, causing chaos. The film was based on a stage work by Bert Lee and R. P. Weston. It was made at Islington Studios by Gainsborough Pictures, with sets designed by the art director Alex Vetchinsky. Main cast * Jimmy Nervo as Cecil * Teddy Knox as Teddy * Bud Flanagan as Bud * Chesney Allen as Ches * Charlie Naughton as Charlie * Jimmy Gold as Jimmy * Fred Duprez as Hyman Goldberger * Enid Stamp-Taylor as Jill Smith, secretary * Meinhart Maur as Guggenheimer * Graham Moffatt as Albert, the page boy * Patricia Bowman as Dancer * Peter Dawson as Singer * Jan Gotch as All-In Wrestler * H. F. Malt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knights For A Day
''Knights for a Day'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Norman Lee and starring Nelson Keys, John Garrick and Nancy Burne. It was made as a quota quickie at Welwyn Studios. Plot A man wins a car in a competition, and decides to tour round the country. He ends up assisting a prince who is being pursued by a gang of revolutionaries. Cast * Nelson Keys as Bert Wrigley * John Garrick as Prince Nicholas of Datria * Nancy Burne as Sally Wrigley * Frank Atkinson as Timothy Trout * Cathleen Nesbitt as Lady Agatha * Billy Bray as Brandt * Fred Duprez as Custer * Gerald Barry as Krampf * Wyn Weaver as Lord Croke * Percy Walsh as Lord Southdown References Bibliography *Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film''. British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves film-making and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cafe Colette
''Cafe Colette'' is a 1937 British thriller film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Paul Cavanagh, Greta Nissen in her final film role and Sally Gray. It was also released under the alternative title ''Danger in Paris''. The film was made at Wembley Studios.Wood p.89 Plot A diplomat falls in love with an exiled Russian princess. Cast * Paul Cavanagh as ''Ryan'' * Greta Nissen as ''Vanda Muroff'' * Sally Gray as ''Jill Manning'' * Bruce Seton as ''Roger Manning'' * Paul Blake as ''Ethelred Burke'' * Donald Calthrop as ''Nick'' * Dino Galvani as ''Josef'' * Fred Duprez as ''Burnes'' * Cecil Ramage as ''Petrov'' * C. Denier Warren Charles Denier Warren (29 July 1889 – 27 August 1971) was an Anglo-American actor who appeared extensively on stage and screen from the early 1930s to late 1960s, mostly in Great Britain. Life He was born in Chicago the son of Charles Warren ... as ''Compere'' References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Head Over Heels (1937 Film)
''Head Over Heels'' is a 1937 British musical film directed by Sonnie Hale and starring Jessie Matthews, Robert Flemyng and Louis Borel. It was released in the U.S. as ''Head over Heels in Love''. Production The film was made at the Lime Grove Studios in London with sets designed by Alfred Junge. It was based on the play ''Pierre ou Jack'' by Francis de Croisset (Paris, 1931). Plot In Paris, nightclub entertainer Jeanne (Jessie Matthews) falls in love with her dance partner, the idle, womanising Marcel (Louis Borel). When Marcel runs off with rich and glamorous film star Norma (Helen Whitney Bourne), Jeanne's true love Pierre (Robert Flemyng) comes to her aid, and helps find her work on the radio. After becoming a successful radio star, Jeanne becomes attractive once more to Marcel, but the faithful Pierre cannot risk losing her again. Cast * Jessie Matthews as Jeanne Colbert * Robert Flemyng as Pierre * Louis Borel as Marcel Larimour * Romney Brent as Matty * Whitney Bourne a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reasonable Doubt (1936 Film)
''Reasonable Doubt'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by George King starring John Stuart and Nancy Burne. It was produced by the Hungarian Gabriel Pascal. The story follows a lawyer (Stuart) whose love for a young girl (Burne) causes him to defend the man he thinks to be her lover. During the trial the lawyer finds out that the man is his own son. The film was made at Shepperton Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.290 Cast * John Stuart as Noel Hampton * Nancy Burne as Pat * Marjorie Taylor * Ivan Brandt as Tony * Marie Lohr * Clifford Heatherley * H. F. Maltby * Cecil Humphreys * Fred Duprez Fred Duprez (September 6, 1884 – October 27, 1938) was an American actor, comedian and singer who performed in vaudeville, phonograph record and film. He made phonograph recordings in the US and the UK in the 1900s, 1910s, and 1920s. Most of t ... * Cynthia Stock References Bibliography * Chibnall, Steve. ''Quota Quickies: The Birth of the British 'B' Film'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Noise (1936 British Film)
''The Big Noise'' is a 1936 British musical comedy film directed by Alex Bryce and starring Alastair Sim, Norah Howard and Fred Duprez. The film was a quota quickie made at Wembley Studios by the Hollywood studio Fox's British subsidiary.Wood p.89 Synopsis A clerk in an oil company is promoted in order to make him the fall guy for a series of illegal transactions that have brought it to the brink of ruin, but instead manages to turn the business around Cast * Alastair Sim as Finny * Norah Howard as Mary Miller * Fred Duprez as Henry Hadley * Grizelda Harvey as Consuelo * C. Denier Warren as E. Pinkerton Gale * Viola Compton as Mrs. Dayton * Peter Popp as Jenkins * Howard Douglas as Gluckstein * Reginald Forsyth as Orchestra Leader * Edie Martin Edie Martin (1 January 1880 – 22 February 1964) was a British actress. She was a ubiquitous performer, on stage from 1886, playing generally small parts but in high demand, appearing in scores of British films (although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Must Get Married
''You Must Get Married'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Leslie Pearce and starring Frances Day, Neil Hamilton and Robertson Hare. It was based on a novel of the same title by David Evans. Premise In order to be able to work in Britain an American actress marries a British sailor. Cast * Frances Day as Fenella Dane * Neil Hamilton as Michael Brown * Robertson Hare as Percy Phut * Wally Patch as Chief Blow * Gus McNaughton as Bosun * Fred Duprez as Cyrus P. Hankin * Dennis Wyndham as Albert Gull * C. Denier Warren as Mr Wurtsell * James Carew James Usselman (February 5, 1876 – April 4, 1938), known professionally as James Carew, was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began work as a clerk in a publishing fir ... as Mr Schillinger References External links * 1936 films 1936 comedy films British comedy films British black-and-white films Films directed by Leslie Pearce 1930s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hearts Of Humanity (1936 Film)
''Hearts of Humanity'' is a 1936 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Bransby Williams, Wilfred Walter and Cathleen Nesbitt. The film was made at Shepperton Studios.Wood p.90 The film's art direction was by John Bryan. Like many of Baxter's films of the era, it is set amongst the underprivileged. Plot Following a whispering campaign against him, a Church of England vicar leaves his parish and goes to London. Struck by remorse, one of his accusers gets his son to try to find him and make amends. Although from a wealthy background, the young man spends time amongst the down-and-outs of the city, until he finds the heavily-disguised priest leading the poor in resistance against exploitation by a socially well-connected criminal gang. Partial cast * Bransby Williams as Mike Timmins * Wilfred Walter as Reverend John Maitland * Cathleen Nesbitt as Mrs. Bamford * Pamela Randall as Ann Bamford * Eric Portman as Jack Clinton * Hay Petrie as Alf Hooper * J. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gypsy Melody
''Gypsy Melody'' is a 1936 British musical comedy film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Lupe Vélez, Alfred Rode and Jerry Verno. It was made at Elstree Studios.Wood p.90 The sets were designed by art director John Mead. The film was a remake of the 1935 French film '' Juanita''. Synopsis Due to a complex series of events a Guards Officer in a small European country is imprisoned. He manages to escape in the company of an idiotic milliner and they briefly take shelter with some gypsies, where the Captain falls in love with a young woman. Having been discovered by an American promoter while performing with gypsy orchestra in a tavern, the three accompany him to London as the latest new musical sensation. A great success, they begin a European-wide tour when their plane is forced down by bad weather in their homeland. Here events are satisfactorily resolved. Cast * Lupe Vélez as Mila * Alfred Rode as Captain Eric Danilo * Jerry Verno as Madame Beatrice * Raymond L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Of Hearts (1936 Film)
''Queen of Hearts'' is a 1936 British musical comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gracie Fields, John Loder and Enid Stamp-Taylor. Plot summary Grace Perkins (Gracie Fields) is an ordinary working class seamstress who is mistaken as a rich patron of the arts. When she's asked to back a new show she plays along with the charade, hoping that she can become the production's leading lady. When the show opens Grace is a huge hit and goes on to become a glamorous star. Cast * Gracie Fields as Grace Perkins * John Loder as Derek Cooper * Enid Stamp-Taylor as Yvonne * Fred Duprez as Zulenberg * Edward Rigby as Perkins * Julie Suedo as Rita Dow * Jean Lester as Mrs. Perkins * Hal Gordon as Stage Manager * Syd Crossley as Constable * Madeline Seymour as Mrs. Vandeleur * H. F. Maltby as Solicitor * Margaret Yarde Margaret Yarde (2 April 1878 – 11 March 1944) was a British actress. Initially training to be an opera singer, she made her London stage debut in 1907. She ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
